Happy 6th Birthday Pirate Lochlyn!

Leeland Revisited....or He Visits Again!

Such a happy smiley boy!With cousin Isaiah.

With cousin Tyler.

With big brother Lochlyn.

Not sure why Ethan didn't get in on the photo op. Matthew is off on Wednesday afternoons again and Lochlyn is out of school for the summer, so we have been able to resume some of our Wednesday fun. This time...plus one!

The cousins

Ethan, Isaiah, Lochlyn (holding Leeland) and Tyler.

Gone to Bethlehem...

A week or so ago we attended the annual Bethlehem program at Matthew and Lynden's church. We were greeted by Mary, er I mean Lynden. Doesn't she look cute?Here is Lochlyn in the stable.

Lochlyn wrangles a wayward sheep, while Isaiah and Tyler look on.

Ethan hangs out with a wise guy, er wise man.

Matthew thanks everyone for coming and invites them upstairs for the children's program.

Fun with Lochlyn

On Friday night, we had the pleasure of having Lochlyn spend the night at our house while Matthew and Lynden went camping with their youth group. We had a healthy supper of popcorn chicken, Cheetos, and hot pretzels.

Lochlyn arrested Tyler while Ethan took his socks off.

Cousins and best of friends.

On Saturday, Matthew and Lynden came to pick up Lochlyn. We talked them all into staying for a lunch of potato soup, salad, and blueberry muffins. When they were getting ready to leave, the boys had some fun playing in the leaves.


Yes, it is November it Ohio. I have kids wearing shorts and running around in their bare feet.

Fair Fun Two

This one is for Amanda.

Lochlyn pets a pig.
Cousins enjoying homemade ice cream together.
Cotton candy and and ice cream smile.
And because they hadn't had enough sugar yet.....Crazy Cones! Hey, at least we didn't let them have the waffles until the next day!

Cedar Point Part 3

Me on the train and the submarine.

Waiting out a rain shower.

Tim's Fall Work Picnic

Ethan was the only one able to climb up the big slide.
My boys were the only ones riding the swings. It was a beautiful day Saturday, but a little bit chilly.

Isn't he the cutest boy ever? Rolling down the big hill with grandpa.

Picture of the Day

We almost went to the circus...

The story starts last Friday at vacation Bible school. The boys made t-shirts with their hand prints on them. When I went to wash Isaiah's hands, he pulled away from me and twisted his arm and started crying. I knew instantly what had happened (or I was pretty darn sure). He had pulled his elbow out (nursemaid elbow) just like Tyler had done about a year or so ago. I debated taking him to the Dr. because I didn't want to pay the $20 co-pay I wasn't 100% sure that he had done it, he started acting fine and using it later that day, and I thought maybe I had gotten it popped back in on my own. The Dr. had told us with Tyler that if it was something that started happening a lot, they would show us how to do it ourselves. So I knew it could be done. When the Dr. did it on Tyler it looked so simple and it hardly looked like anything. Over the weekend and the beginning of the week, he was using his arm and acting fine. Yesterday he started saying "ouchie" again, so I decided to take him to the Dr.

I dropped the other two boys off at Matthew's house and then took him to the Dr. It was nursemaid elbow (I heard it pop when she got it back in). She showed me how to do it next time. He didn't cry or anything. Then we went back to Matthew's house for lunch and to go swimming. Matthew had a free ticket for a mom and 2 kids to go to the circus, so I decided to take Ethan and Tyler after supper. We get to the circus and a girl tries to sell us her ticket and tells us that she just found out there are no animals and she doesn't want to go. No animals!? At a circus?! Matthew was going to have to pay $20 for him and $10 for Lochlyn, so we decided that maybe it wasn't worth it after all. So we bribed offered the boys ice cream instead. It was funny because there were these protesters outside the circus protesting the cruelty of animals used in the circus. I wanted to say "There are NO animals". Unless you count the pony ride out front.

Lochlyn's visit

Yesterday I watched Lochlyn while Matthew worked. The boys all got along pretty well. Can you feel the love in these pictures?